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The growth of political action committees (PACs) and their growing role in campaign finance have led to calls for placing limits on campaign contributions by PACs. State decisions regarding whether to limit PAC contributions appear to result from established policy orientations regarding other campaign finance issues: states with a history of previous efforts to regulate campaign finances are more likely to limit PAC contributions.
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Fleischmann, A., Nice, D.C. States and PACs: The legacy of established decision rules. Polit Behav 10, 349–363 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00990808
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